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==Release date== | ==Release date== | ||
*Approximately Mid-Late 2003. The release date was conjectured, as no official date was announced. Many believed that it would make its appearance after | *Approximately Mid-Late 2003. The release date was conjectured, as no official date was announced. Many believed that it would make its appearance after {{TCG|Skyridge}}. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*For the longest time, [[Nintendo]] had been fervently against [[Wizards of the Coast]] making their own cards for the [[Pokémon TCG]]. The only exeption was Dark Raichu from | *For the longest time, [[Nintendo]] had been fervently against [[Wizards of the Coast]] making their own cards for the [[Pokémon TCG]]. The only exeption was Dark Raichu from {{TCG|Team Rocket}}. Eventually, however, Nintendo lightened up enough to consider an entire set made by Wizards, and this was made public during the January 3rd, 2002 session of the [[Wizards Pokémon TCG Chat]]: | ||
::''(Quoted from the January 3rd 2002 Wizards Pokémon TCG Chat)'' | ::''(Quoted from the January 3rd 2002 Wizards Pokémon TCG Chat)'' | ||
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::''wotc_keith says, "This is something that we have been thinking about for quite some time. We are currently working with TPC to work out the feasibility and details of this. However, it's definitely something that we would like to see. In fact, it's also something that the Pokémon Company would like to see as well."'' | ::''wotc_keith says, "This is something that we have been thinking about for quite some time. We are currently working with TPC to work out the feasibility and details of this. However, it's definitely something that we would like to see. In fact, it's also something that the Pokémon Company would like to see as well."'' | ||
*It was rumored that Wizards would use their own artists for this set. They even contracted three well known artists from the online Pokémon TCG community; | *It was rumored that Wizards would use their own artists for this set. They even contracted three well known artists from the online Pokémon TCG community; Nick15 (Philippe Van Lieu), Kaizeren Myuu (Julia Sprenz), and purity of [[Pokémon Zeo]] fame. However, nothing ever surfaced from this. | ||
*Although this set was in the planning stages, it was eventually scrapped for | *Although this set was in the planning stages, it was eventually scrapped for {{TCG|Jamboree}}. Many elements of this planned set, as well as {{TCG|Crosstrainer}}, were implemented into Jamboree. However, even that failed to see the light of day. | ||
{{TCG Expansions}} | {{TCG Expansions}} | ||
[[Category:TCG expansion sets]] | [[Category:TCG expansion sets]] | ||